Texas Transportation Code
§ 201.604 — ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
TN § 201.604Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part A. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION · Ch. 201. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATION · Art. H. PLANS AND PROJECTS
Statute text
View on source(a)The commission by rule shall provide for the commission's environmental review of the department's transportation projects that are not subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. Section 4321 et seq.). The rules must provide for:
(1)public comment on the department's environmental reviews, including the types of projects for which public hearings are required, and a procedure for requesting a public hearing on an environmental review for which a public hearing is not required;
(2)the department's evaluation of direct and indirect effects of its projects;
(3)analysis of project alternatives; and
(4)a written report that briefly explains the department's decision on a project and that specifies the mitigation measures on environmental harm on which the project is conditioned.
(b)An environmental review of a project must be conducted before the location or alignment of the project has been adopted.
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Legislative history
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 766), Sec. 56, eff. September 1, 2025.